Table 2.

Significant associations between Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ) subscale scores for combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and co‐treatments, and between sociodemographic and clinical variables and BMQ subscale scores (range 1−5)

	Mean difference (95% CI)	P‐value
Necessity subscale scores for cART and co‐treatmentsa	1.6 (1.38, 1.82)	< 0.0001
Concerns subscale scores for cART and co‐treatmentsa	1.19 (0.97, 1.39)	< 0.0001
Gender
cART Necessity score higher among women in comparison to menb	0.2 (0.04, 0.35)	0.020
Number of co‐treatments (> 2)
Co‐treatment Concerns score higher if > 2 co‐treatmentsb	0.37 (0.02, 0.71)	0.036
Co‐treatment Necessity score higher if > 2 co‐treatmentsb	0.39 (0.02, 0.76)	0.041
Injecting drug use
cART Concerns score higher in injecting drug usersb	0.2 (0.06, 1.5)	0.040
Education (≥ bachelor degree)
Co‐treatment Necessity score higher if less educationb	−0.62 (−1.05, −0.19)	0.006
CD4 count
Co‐treatment Necessity score higher by higher CD4 countc	0.24 (0.05, 0.41)	0.016

CI, confidence interval.

^a t‐test.

^bWilcoxon−Mann−Whitney test.

^cPearson correlation coefficient.